Trump Doctrine: Peace Through Space
Trump Doctrine: Peace Through Space
Was President Trump’s Greatest Accomplishment Overlooked?
What if the endless lists of accomplishments you can find for President Trump’s administration are all missing his greatest one? What if all the credit he is given pales in comparison to the credit he deserves?
To understand these questions, we must go on another mind-bending journey. Before we dig in, let’s establish a common foundation to ensure we are all on the same page.
Peace Through Strength
I’m confident you’ve heard the phrase Peace Through Strength.
If not, it’s a foreign policy focusing on maintaining strong military & defense capabilities to avoid war, preserve peace, and deter enemies.
Interestingly, only a handful of American Presidents have adopted this foreign policy, including Washington, Trump, and most notably Regan.
“The foundation of Reagan’s foreign policy, known as the Reagan Doctrine, was the support of freedom for all people around the world. His commitment to the idea of ‘peace through strength’ led to the modernization of our military forces.” He hoped these “new military initiatives would not only contain communism but defeat it.”
Q highlighted this phrase 5 unique times, but I believe the concept is best illustrated in drop #1350.
There’s that COVFEFE signal again! If you are unfamiliar, I encourage you to take a quick break and review the COVFEFE Dig by
, which provides a high-level overview of the connections between Q, Trump, Bitcoin, Pepe, and JFK. While it isn’t necessary, having that knowledge will help you understand the connections I’ll make here.Regardless, drop #1350 alludes to a network (or interconnected group of individuals) of brave, united men & women whose strength and fight is sufficient to bring about peace. However, the drop ends with the phrase Peace Through Strength, indicating a non-kinetic and non-violent solution.
While many equate this network with the US Military,
and I believe it’s more correctly equated with a counterinsurgency (COIN), which can be defined as “comprehensive civilian and military efforts taken to simultaneously defeat and contain INSURGENCY and address its root causes” (reference Q drop #4363).Remember, General Flynn told us, “We have an army of Digital Soldiers” and “This was run like an insurgency.”
If you are unfamiliar with COIN, I encourage you to take a quick break and review the COVFEFE 2.0 Dig by
and I, which provides a high-level overview of connections between Trump, insurgency, counterinsurgency, legitimacy, JFK, secret societies, shadow governments, Bitcoin, and non-kinetic power projection. Again, while it isn’t necessary, having that knowledge will help you understand the connections I’ll make here.Is Space Force Fake and Ghey?
Let’s start digging into the content for today’s journey, which will culminate in the presentation of a unique hypothesis.
I’ll start with an interesting series of posts put out recently by the Space Force Recruiting account on X. One of our admins highlighted the first post and asked the question, “distinctions being made… for what purpose?”
In this post, the Space Force establishes a boundary between themselves and NASA, emphasizing that NASA is “a civilian sector centered on astronauts, how to live in space, and exploring our galaxy and beyond,” while the Space Force’s mission is to “secure our nation’s interests in, from, and to space” (see below).
Again, why make this distinction? Perhaps it’s because some use NASA and their strange history to label the entirety of space as “fake and ghey,” which can also affect how the Space Force is viewed? My intent isn’t to debate the topic or sway anyone’s opinion, but I’ll pull on this thread to introduce some more content.
While this first post isn’t extremely interesting by itself, the Space Force doubled down several days later by posting a photo of a Guardian with a disgusted look on his face, and stated, “Our face when someone mistakes our Guardians for astronauts.”
Based on this series of posts, it’s clear the Space Force holds the position that they are not NASA, not civilians, and not astronauts, but rather a branch of the military focused on national security matters in, from, and to space.
To be clear, in the context of modern warfighting domains, space is much more than the black expanse above us on a clear night. Space in the context of the Space Force also includes cyber-space and interfaces with the Air Force (air-space), the Navy & Coast Guard (sea-space), and the Marines & Army (land-space).
Again, why make this distinction? Perhaps it was to make it clear they are neither “fake” nor “ghey”?
History of Space Force
To expand our common foundation, let’s review some history.
On June 18, 2018, Trump announced the creation of the Space Force as the sixth branch of the US Military; however, the concept of space as a warfighting domain wasn’t new, having roots back to the 1940s, “with the first Air Force space programs starting in 1945.” Later, the Air Force’s “Western Development Division, under Gen. Bernard A. Schriever, was established in 1954 as the first dedicated space organization within the U.S. Armed Forces.”
Prior to the Space Force, military space programs were under the Air Force Space Command (established in 1982). On December 21, 2019, the Space Force was signed into law.
Warfighting Domains: Adapt or Die
Before we move on, I want to highlight some connections that lead back to an important story about the recognition of, and transition to new warfighting domains.
General Schriever’s “commander was Henry H. ‘Hap’ Arnold.”
General Arnold “was one of the apostles of strategic air power, following the lead of General William ‘Billy’ Mitchell.”
Space Force Major, Jason Lowery discussed General Mitchell in Softwar: A Novel Theory on Power Projection and the National Strategic Significance of Bitcoin.
“In the 1920’s, US Army General Billy Mitchell was demoted and court-martialed for insubordination after lambasting US Army, Navy, and Congressional leaders for their incompetence. General Mitchell accused his superiors of ‘near-treasonous’ incompeten[ce] because they refused to accept the validity of emerging theories that airplanes would become equally as strategically vital as battleships and other major military programs at the time.”
Major Lowery’s book documented various points in history where the hubris of powerful nations caused the rejection of new Schelling points of war, often resulting in their demise as they failed to enter new warfighting domains. Using a solid set of data, he concludes Bitcoin is a new Schelling point of non-kinetic warfare in cyber-space. He also concludes we are in the middle of a digital, path-dependent arms race within the space warfighting domain, much like what gun powder, naval ships, airplanes, etc. did in other domains (i.e. adapt or die).
Therefore, I must ask:
Why did Trump [really] pour over $2.2 Trillion into the US Military under the policy of Peace Through Strength?
Why did Trump [really] create the Space Force?
Why did Trump [really] elevate Cyber Command into a major warfighting command?
Was it [really] to continue the nearly 80-year-old stalemate of mass assured destruction through kinetic arms, or was it something entirely different to [end it] for good?
PIP, those are some odd questions, you might be thinking. Are you suggesting Trump and the US Military realized there’s a new Schelling point for non-kinetic warfare in cyberspace and were potentially taking actions behind the scenes that were veiled by the standard & expected public narratives?
That’s exactly what I’m suggesting!
Recent Space Launch Activity
Now here’s where it starts to get good.
We have discussed the Space Force as an entity, but we haven’t discussed their actions in space. While I certainly cannot cover everything, I want to focus on one player, Elon Musk, who has amazed me in the last several years due to his unprecedented accomplishments in space. I’ll focus primarily on space launches (rockets and satellites).
On the surface, 96 launches in one year might not seem like a big deal, especially if you’re unfamiliar with the inner workings of the industry (as most are). However, as a System Safety Engineer who has worked in the rocket & satellite industry for almost 15 years, I can assure you launching, and in Elon’s case recovering & refurbishing parts (booster, payload fairings) from, a 1.2-million-pound rocket every 3.8 days on average, from multiple coasts, is an extremely complex challenge.
Here’s some historical data to help put this into context.
Before SpaceX, United Launch Alliance was the sole provider of space launch for the Department of Defense. Their best year was in 2009, when they launched 16 rockets. Since their inception (2006), they average 8.7 launches per year.
Below is a chart showing ULA launches since 2016. Note, I intentionally chose 2016 as the start for the x-axis, as I’ll focus on actions during and after Trump’s administration. I also chose 100 as a limit for the y-axis to clearly show the comparison with SpaceX.
Largest DoD Contractor
Before I provide the SpaceX chart, let’s expand on our common foundation.
Kash Patel stated that Elon is the largest DoD contractor (see video below).
Let’s pull on this thread and connect it to the military data. This would mean that Elon was a large beneficiary to the over $2.2 Trillion Trump poured into the US Military. This would also mean that Elon’s largest customer would be the Space Force. How exactly did Elon go about achieving this title?
DoD Certification
While I won’t review SpaceX’s entire history and contract awards, I’ll state that to launch DoD payloads, you must complete the National Security Space Launch Certification process.
On May 26, 2015, “Lieutenant General Samuel Greaves, Commander of the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC)” announced certification of the “Falcon 9 Launch System for national security space missions. SpaceX is now eligible for award of qualified national security space launch missions as one of two currently certified launch providers.”
Again, working in the rocket & satellite industry, I can assure you, obtaining NSSL Certification is not easy. For SpaceX, it “encompassed 125 certification criteria, including more than 2,800 discrete tasks, 3 certification flight demonstrations, verifying 160 payload interface requirements, 21 major subsystem reviews and 700 audits.”
Due to the high value of DoD payloads (billions), the high value of launch vehicles (hundreds of millions), the extremely high risk of launch operations, and the implications of even one failure for national security, this process “gives the Air Force confidence that the national security satellites being delivered to orbit will safely achieve the intended orbits with full mission capability.”
Since certification, Elon has dominated the space industry worldwide. Below is the chart showing SpaceX launches since 2016. Note, their launch rate was relatively low until right around Covid.
If the chart isn’t shocking enough, comparing all space programs that exist (Europe, China, India, Russia, etc.), SpaceX currently launches 80% of all mass to orbit! Absolutely mind-blowing!
What are the Odds?
Here’s where things get strange.
As always, there’s a method to the madness. I’ll present three additional elements before presenting the hypothesis:
First, did you notice the small red bar on the SpaceX chart? This represents a unique anomaly, specifically 1 failure contrasted with 273 successful launches. What’s most interesting is what was destroyed.
The satellite was owned by Israeli satellite communications provider, Spacecom. “A major user of Amos-6 was to be Facebook, the social networking company.” This mission was “a project of Facebook's Internet.org program to deliver internet to the developing world.”
Let me get this straight—Elon’s one failure in the last 8 years just so happened to blow up a Facebook satellite intending to provide similar capabilities as Starlink? Top Kek. Below is a video of the failure.
At 0:11 the encapsulated payload falls, causing a secondary explosion, destroying the satellite. BOOM!
Second, did you know Facebook also planned to implement their own cryptocurrency, a stablecoin called Diem (formerly Libra)?
Was this effort a means to test out and onboard an unassuming population to a Central Bank Digital Currency?
Regardless, on July 15, 2019, Trump’s Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin stated “he was not currently comfortable with Facebook launching its Libra cryptocurrency platform,” and that “the administration has had multiple meetings with regulators and representatives from Facebook, where the U.S. government expressed its concerns.”
Ultimately, Facebook’s efforts were stopped, and the project’s assets were sold to Silvergate Bank, who was shut down in March 2023.
Third, did you know Trump took actions behind the scenes to give Americans access to buy and sell Bitcoin?
On May 21, 2020, Trump and Mnuchin appointed “a Bitcoin Maximalist [Brian Brooks] as head of the OCC.” (For full details, I encourage you review this Substack by GMONEY.)
Within 2 months (by July 22, 2020), Mnuchin and Brooks made “it legal for Banks to custody bitcoin.”
Why would Trump allow this to happen if he [really] didn’t like Bitcoin?
Quick Summary
Let’s summarize the key points to ensure we’re on the same page before the grand finale:
Trump invested over $2.2 Trillion into the US Military, under the policy of Peace Through Strength.
Trump created the Space Force.
Trump elevated Cyber Command to a warfighting command.
Elon is dominating the space industry.
Elon is the DoD’s largest contractor.
A SpaceX failure destroyed a Facebook satellite intending to provide similar capabilities as Starlink.
Facebook failed to implement their own cryptocurrency.
Mnuchin and Brooks, under Trump, made it legal for Banks to custody Bitcoin.
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Based on the data above, the material
and I cover on Rugpull Radio, our Substacks, and my experience within the rocket & satellite industry, I don’t find it a big leap to think something brilliant was going on behind the scenes with Trump, the US Military, Elon, and Bitcoin; however, while there’s seemingly endless circumstantial evidence, there’s no direct confirmation. Therefore, we must let the data speak for itself, continue to dig, and await more ‘future proves past’ news.This hypothesis focuses on three distinct phases (some overlap). If true, it would represent Trump’s greatest accomplishment and true legacy.
First, I’ll consider Trump’s administration (January 2017 to January 2021) as the preparation phase. Then, I’ll consider Covid as the print phase. Lastly, I’ll consider the time since Trump’s administration as the pulverize phase. Let’s discuss.
Preparation Phase
Dollars flowing into the defense budget are extremely hard to track. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) clearly states this in their audit reports. Here’s one example (of many):
The first note says it all. “The main obstacles to a GAO opinion were: (1) serious financial management problems at the Department of Defense (DOD) that made its financial statements unauditable.”
Another one of my favorites: on September 10, 2001, Donald Rumsfeld stated, “We cannot track $2.3 Trillion.”
Therefore, we can state with confidence that Trump could have used the over $2.2 Trillion poured into the US Military for any purpose. Perhaps it was to have Elon build up his space launch capabilities behind the scenes in preparation for the pulverize phase?
Print Phase
Trump knew something was going to happen to enable the hidden enemy to steal the 2020 election. He knew this well ahead of time, as he repeatedly stated. To go a step further, it’s likely he even knew the specifics of what would happen, due to tabletop / gain of function exercises (Clade X – 5/15/2018, Event 201 – 10/18/2019) that were focused on pandemic response (masks, social distancing, vaccination, lockdowns, the economy, etc.).
He also understands how the fiat slave system works, as evidenced by his actions to enforce a “good economy” during his administration. Lastly, he was adamant throughout his administration that the responsibility for actions rested with state and local officials.
What did these officials do with their responsibility during Covid? They created a massive amount of dollars out of thin air to fund a bunch of “pork.” This led to massive inflation, potentially a key enabler during the pulverize phase.
If Trump knew what they were going to do, and the consequences of their actions, wouldn’t he work that to his advantage in as many ways as possible?
To put this into context, let’s look at the M1 currency supply.
M1 measures the most liquid forms of currency (physical coins & bills, checking accounts, traveler’s checks). It's a measure of currency readily available for spending and the best measure of spending via currency creation.
So, what [really] happened during Trump’s administration?
As you can see, M1 increased by $600 Million from January 2017 to February 2020. Then, it exploded by $14.1 Trillion (a 78% increase) from March 2020 to January 2021.
Therefore, we can state with confidence that Trump allowed the hidden enemy to massively devalue the dollar. Perhaps it was to ensure Elon would be successful in the pulverize phase? (Note, devaluing the world’s reserve currency hurts other currencies [much] more as their local currencies are weaker (have less demand) in comparison.)
Pulverize Phase
As we’ve discussed, SpaceX suddenly turned up the heat, increasing their launch rate by a factor of 4 from 2020 to 2023; however, it gets more interesting when you look at what exactly they were launching.
Below is a chart highlighting the beginning and ramp up of Starlink launches. Their launches were 55% Starlink from 2020 to 2022 and 66% Starlink in 2023.
Starlink is a distributed network of nearly 5,000 satellites that provide high-speed internet virtually anywhere on Earth. Starlink has launched the first satellites with direct-to-cell capability. This internet capability and worldwide access (particularly cellular) will provide billions of unbanked people (~20% worldwide) with the ability to download a Bitcoin wallet and store their life’s energy.
There are other unconfirmed capabilities that are possible, such as Bitcoin mining and capturing & transferring solar energy both around space and to Earth.
In this clip from Badlands Media, Jon Herold and Ret. Lt. Gen Steven Kwast discuss the proven technology to do the latter.
To connect Starlink to the military data, “the U.S. Air Force has also tested Starlink for military purposes as early as 2020.” The Space Force recently awarded SpaceX a contract for Starshield, which “leverages SpaceX's Starlink technology and launch capability to support national security efforts.”
Therefore, I must ask:
Is there much more to Starlink than meets the eye?
Is something brilliant going on behind the scenes with Trump, the US Military, Elon, and Bitcoin?
Was part of that brilliance the timing, waiting until [after] the devaluation of the dollar to unleash SpaceX, ensuring other space programs were not only technologically behind, but could not afford to keep up?
Conclusion
I hope you enjoyed today’s mind-bending journey!
While I don’t have all the answers, I believe I’ve logically derived the right questions. Before leaving, I’ll provide one last piece of information to further support the data and questions presented here.
Looking at the hash power graph below, the Bitcoin network was essentially flatlined until Trump was elected, then exploded after the Space Force was established. Coincidence?
To put this in context, on February 20, 2023, the hash power of the Bitcoin network was 320 exa-hashes per second. Per his analysis, Michael Saylor stated this as equivalent to ~2x the power consumption of the entire US Navy. Since then, the network is seeing sustained spikes to 562 exa-hashes per second, which would be equivalent to ~3.51x the power consumption of the entire US Navy.
Perhaps Trump also developed new weapons systems under the policy of ‘Peace Through Strength?’
Therefore, I called this article, “Trump Doctrine: Peace Through Space.”
If I am correct in my thinking, the endless lists of accomplishments you can find for Trump’s administration are all missing his greatest one.
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This is an amazing observation and you are uniquely qualified to connect these dots. Your space launch industry career/knowledge combined with your Bitcoin digging has allowed you to make some very intriguing arguments. Elon's DoD dominance in space launch payloads is stunning, I had no idea (although while Elon is a great troll in league with Trump I think he is just part of an Op).
I really like Lt. Gen Kwast. 1st saw him in clips from GART 3. He has shared some great insight.
I also, come back the Soft War. That book really blew my mind and pushed me in a BIG way towards Bitcoin.
Great work!!!
God Wins!
God Bless!!!
Thank you, this informative piece gave me a lot to think about. Well done!